Lead Security Architect-Melbourne

Only PR or citizen applicable

Location: Melbourne

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: Senior / Lead Level

We are seeking an experienced Lead Security Architect to provide security architecture leadership across complex programs and initiatives. The role will work closely with business stakeholders enterprise and domain architects engineering and delivery teams vendors and partners to ensure solutions align with security policies standards principles and risk frameworks.

• Ensure solution architectures comply with security policies standards patterns and principles.
• Perform Security Quality Assurance and support operational readiness activities.
• Define and maintain security architecture patterns standards guidelines and reusable security requirements.
• Provide subject matter expertise across one or more security domains.
• Define security solution architectures and document business and security impacts.
• Contribute to requirements solution impact assessments high-level designs solution briefs architecture definitions and security risk assessments.
• Identify assess and communicate security risks to business and technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects domain architects engineers delivery teams product vendors and partners to implement appropriate security controls.
• Assess emerging security capabilities and contribute to security capability roadmaps.
• Contribute to security strategy standards frameworks and governance.
• Build strong relationships with technology vendors and industry stakeholders to identify emerging security opportunities and threats.
• Act as a trusted security advisor across multiple security domains.
• Mentor and guide Security Architects and developing team members.
• Lead and manage high-complexity security initiatives simplifying complex requirements to support effective execution.

• Strong experience in Security Architecture within complex enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of security policies standards architecture principles risk management and security controls.
• Experience developing security architecture patterns frameworks standards and guidelines.
• Experience conducting security risk and security impact assessments.
• Strong experience working with enterprise architecture solution architecture engineering and delivery teams.
• Ability to assess emerging security technologies and capabilities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills including executive-level engagement.
• Experience managing complex programs and security initiatives.
• Strong leadership mentoring and influencing skills.
• Ability to operate across multiple security domains and act as a trusted security advisor.